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Inputs.conf configuration to monitor 2 catalina log files in same directory with different formats and sourcetypes?

a212830
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Hi,

I need to monitor two catalina logfiles that are in the same directory, but have different formats (and sourcetypes).

The naming convention is ../catalina.YYYY-MM-DD.log and catalina.out.YYYY-MM-DD.log

How would I setup inputs to handle this?

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somesoni2
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Try this in the inputs.conf

Updated

[monitor://your_directory/catalina.*.log] 
disabled = false 
followTail = 0 
sourcetype = your_sourcetype1
whitelist = catalina\.\d+-\d+-\d+\.log

[monitor://your_directory/catalina.out.*.log] 
disabled = false 
followTail = 0 
sourcetype = your_sourcetype2
whitelist = catalina\.out\.\d+-\d+-\d+\.log

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somesoni2
Revered Legend

Try this in the inputs.conf

Updated

[monitor://your_directory/catalina.*.log] 
disabled = false 
followTail = 0 
sourcetype = your_sourcetype1
whitelist = catalina\.\d+-\d+-\d+\.log

[monitor://your_directory/catalina.out.*.log] 
disabled = false 
followTail = 0 
sourcetype = your_sourcetype2
whitelist = catalina\.out\.\d+-\d+-\d+\.log

somesoni2
Revered Legend

My bad, I didn't read the question properly. Try the updated answer.

a212830
Champion

I have different sourcetypes that need to be mapped - the out goes to one sourcetype, the other to a different one. This doesn't appear to address that.

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